Multi-media Artist

“Looking at some of the work I did when I was fucked up, vs some of the work that I do now that I’m sober. Huge difference. It was like I was telling 10 stories on one painting. Don’t get me wrong, it looks nice because it looks like a madman just made this painting. But the ones that people gravitate to the most are the ones that are a little more clear. The ones that make more sense. Instead of putting 10 different thoughts on one painting and calling it art, I would do one painting, on one thought and now I’m having a longer conversation on this piece because it’s more relatable. After I had that realization it was a wrap. I feel good being clean.”

DJ and Musician

“Don’t be too hard on yourself and share yourself with the world. Whatever version of you it is.”

“You never know who you could bless just by the interaction you have with them. Being human is a great time to share that experience with someone else. We’re all figuring it out, and it’ll feel a little less lonely if you understand that other people are also figuring it out. We all have real cool magic inside of us.

DJ, Entrepreneur, and Curator

I think that because now that we’ve cultivated a great community I’m always informed. During the pandemic,  I got one message that was like “Hey, you’re on the bill with an abuser.” and I’m like “Alright now, in this instance, I’m getting paid to be here, the curator put this together, I think that that’s something you should probably direct to the curator.” If I’m in charge and you bring that to my attention I’ve pulled out of things or not worked with people because somebody brought it to my attention. I’m very proud now that people will inform me or check me but I haven’t had anything happen in real time as of late. I feel like I’ve done a great job of aligning myself with people who are present who are positive who are collectively in the community and even in Baltimore.  I also think some people know to not even come because they’re like “Alright, Bri will probably say something”.

Musician

This was right before my computer crashed and I had to re-make Nature Boy - Travel Through Time. I still wonder what would it have sounded like if my computer hadn’t crashed. It was on a whole other sound wave and then my shit crashed and I only had like two songs from it still. It just went in a whole other direction. I still used a lot of the lyrics, I guess it just turned into something else. I was like I guess I like this more? But hey, Nature Boy came out of it and that’s one of my highest-streamed songs. I didn’t think that joint would be that but it’s like yeah.